Jeevanandham v. The Special Sub Inspector of Police

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT ( Criminal Jurisdiction ) Date : 27/11/2023 PRESENT The Hon`ble Mr.Justice V. SIVAGNANAM Jeevanandham ... Petitioner/Accused Rank not known

Vs The Special Sub Inspector Of Police, Virudhunagar Rural Police Station, Virudhunagar. Cr.No.158/2023. ... Respondent/Complainant For Petitioner : Mr.Prabhu.L,

Advocate. For Respondent : Mr.Rms.Sethuraman,

Additional Public Prosecutor

PETITION FOR ANTICIPATORY BAIL Under Sec.438 of Cr.P.C PRAYER :- For Anticipatory Bail in Crime No. 158/2023 on the file of the Respondent police. ORDER : The Court made the following order :- The petitioner / accused apprehending arrest at the hands of the respondent police for the offences punishable under section 380 IPC in Crime No.158 of 2023 on the file of the respondent police, seeks anticipatory bail.

¶2The case of the prosecution is that while the defacto complainant went to attend to the relative marriage, the petitioner herein has stolen the cell phone belonging to the him. Hence, the complaint.

¶3The leaned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner is innocent and he has not committed any offence as alleged by the prosecution and his name has been falsely implicated in this case and hence, he seeks anticipatory bail.

¶4The learned Additional Public Prosecutor would submit that there are 6 previous cases pending against the petitioner in similar nature and hence, he strongly, opposed to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

¶5Considering the serious nature of offence committed by the petitioner and also submission made by the learned Additional Public Prosecutor appearing for the respondent, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner.

¶6Accordingly, this Criminal Original Petition is dismissed.

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27/11/2023

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/12/2023

Sub-Assistant Registrar (C.S. )

Madurai Bench of Madras High Court,

Madurai - 625 023. TRP TO 1 THE SPECIAL SUB INSPECTOR OF POLICE, VIRUDHUNAGAR RURAL POLICE STATION, VIRUDHUNAGAR. 2 THE ADDITIONAL PUBLIC PROSECUTOR,

MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT,

MADURAI. +1 CC to M/s.L.PRABHU, Advocate ( SR-16907[I] dated 27/11/2023 ) ORDER IN CRL OP(MD) No.21251 of 2023 Date :27/11/2023 SS/JGB/SAR- /06/12/2023/3P/4C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17/07/2023